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Turkish vs Swahili


Swahili vs Turkish


Countries

Countries
Azerbaijan, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Northern Cyprus, Romania, Turkey  
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya  

Total No. Of Countries
11  
5
4  
11

National Language
Turkey  
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe  
Africa  

Minority Language
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Turkish Language Association  
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)  

Interesting Facts
  • Turkish language oldest written records are found upon stone monuments in Central Asia, in Orhun, Yenisey and Talas regions.
  • Turkish language was developed in the Middle East, streching all the way to Eastern Europe.
  
  • Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
  • The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
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Similar To
Azerbaijani Language  
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages  

Derived From
-  
Arabic Language  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Turkish-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Swahili-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
29  
11
24  
6

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
5  
2

How Many Consonants
21  
11
21  
11

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
36 weeks  
13

Greetings

Hello
Merhaba  
Habari  

Thank You
teşekkür ederim  
Asante  

How Are You?
Nasılsın?  
Habari gani?  

Good Night
İyi Geceler  
Usiku mwema  

Good Evening
İyi Akşamlar  
Habari za jioni  

Good Afternoon
Tünaydın  
nzuri Alasiri  

Good Morning
günaydın  
Habari za asubuhi  

Please
lütfen  
tafadhali  

Sorry
üzgünüm  
pole  

Bye
Hoşçakal  
bye  

I Love You
Seni seviyorum  
nakupenda  

Excuse Me
Afedersiniz  
Samahani  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Azerbaijani Turkish  
Kiunguja  

Where They Speak
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey  
Zanzibar island  

How Many People Speak
26,000,000.00  
25
75,000,000.00  
12

Dialect 2
Crimean Turkish  
Kimrima  

Where They Speak
Bulgaria, Kyrgyzstan, Romania, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan  
Dar es Salaam  

How Many People Speak
480,000.00  
99+
75,000,000.00  
10

Dialect 3
Gagauz  
Kimgao  

Where They Speak
Moldova, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine  
Kilwa  

How Many People Speak
140,000.00  
99+
75,000,000.00  
9

Total No. Of Dialects
9  
9
12  
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
75.00 million  
23
150.00 million  
13

Speaking Population
0.95 %  
22
0.42 %  
34

Native Speakers
60.00 million  
20
15.00 million  
40

Second Language Speakers
15.00 million  
34
75.00 million  
14

Native Name
Türkçe  
Kiswahili  

Alternative Names
Anatolian, Türkisch  
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili  

French Name
turc  
swahili  

German Name
Türkisch  
Swahili  

Pronunciation
[ˈtyɾct͡ʃɛ]  
[swaˈhili]  

Ethnicity
Turkish  
Swahili people or Waswahili  

History

Origin
c. 1350  
6th century  

Language Family
Turkic Family  
Niger-Congo Family  

Subgroup
Turkic  
Benue-Congo  

Branch
Southwestern(Oghuz)  
Bantu  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Anatalian Turkish, Ottoman Turkish and Turkish  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Ottoman Turkish(defunct)  
Swahili  

Language Position
19  
17
21  
19

Signed Forms
Turkish Sign Language  
Swahili Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual, Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
tr  
sw  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
tur  
swa  

ISO 639 2/B
tur  
swa  

ISO 639 3
tur  
swa  

ISO 639 6
tur  
swa  

Glottocode
nucl1301  
swah1254  

Linguasphere
44-AAB-a  
99-AUS-m  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
-  

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Turkish and Swahili Language History

Comparison of Turkish vs Swahili language history gives us differences between origin of Turkish and Swahili language. History of Turkish language states that this language originated in c. 1350 whereas history of Swahili language states that this language originated in 6th century. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Turkish and Swahili Language History.

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Turkish and Swahili Greetings

People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Turkish and Swahili greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Turkish and Swahili language. Turkish word for "Hello" is Merhaba or Swahili word for "Thank You" is Asante. Find more of such common Turkish Greetings and Swahili Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Turkish vs Swahili Difficulty

The Turkish vs Swahili difficulty level basically depends on the number of Turkish Alphabets and Swahili Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Turkish and Swahili are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Turkish and Swahili, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Turkish is 44 weeks while to learn Swahili time required is 36 weeks.

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